Topic: Appliances Description: A device or piece of equipment designed to perform a specific task, typically a domestic one, for example an electric toothbrush. Topic: Electronics Description: Circuits or devices using transistors, microchips, and other components. Topic: Electronic media Description: Audio cassettes, VHS tapes, CDs, and DVDs. Topic: Furniture Description: Large movable equipment, such as tables and chairs, used to make a house, office, or other space suitable for living or working that are usually made of wood and/or fabrics. Topic: Mattress Description: A fabric case filled with deformable or resilient material, used for sleeping on. Topic: Vehicle Description: A thing used for transporting people or goods, especially on land, such as a car, truck, bicycle, motorcycle, mobility scooter, bus, or cart. Topic: Glass Description: A hard, brittle substance, typically transparent or translucent, made by fusing sand with soda, lime, and sometimes other ingredients and cooling rapidly. Topic: Wood Description: The hard fibrous material that forms the main substance of the trunk or branches of a tree or shrub, used for fuel or timber. Topic: Plastic Description: A synthetic material made from a wide range of organic polymers such as polyethylene, PVC, nylon, etc., that can be molded into shape while soft and then set into a rigid or slightly elastic form. Topic: Hazardous material Description: any item or agent (biological, chemical, physical) which has the potential to cause harm to humans, animals, or the environment, either by itself or through interaction with other factors, for example, pesticides, fertilizers, insecticides, batteries, motor oil, fluorescent lights, and paint thinners. Topic: Lab chemicals Description: Any chemical that's used in laboratory testing and experiments. Topic: Prescription bottle Description: A container for prescription medications, usually a small plastic cylinder with a screw cap. Topic: Prescribed medicine Description: A medicine that can only be made available to a patient on the written instruction of an authorized health professional. Topic: Fabric Description: Cloth or other material produced by weaving or knitting fibers. Topic: Mercury Description: The chemical element of atomic number 80, a heavy silvery-white metal which is liquid at ordinary temperatures. Topic: Bottle Description: A container, typically made of glass or plastic and with a narrow neck, used for storing drinks or other liquids. Topic: Jug Description: A large container for liquids, with a narrow mouth and typically a stopper or cap. Topic: Tub Description: A wide, open, deep, typically round container with a flat bottom used for holding liquids, growing plants, etc. Topic: Yard trimming Description: Leaves, grass clippings, vegetable or other garden debris, shrubbery, or brush or tree trimmings, less than 4 feet in length and 2 inches in diameter, that can be converted to compost humus. Topic: Yard waste Description: Leaves, grass clippings, vegetable or other garden debris, shrubbery, or brush or tree trimmings, less than 4 feet in length and 2 inches in diameter, that can be converted to compost humus. Topic: Paint Description: A colored substance which is spread over a surface and dries to leave a thin decorative or protective coating. Topic: Grease Description: A thick oily substance, especially as used as a lubricant. Topic: Trash Description: Discarded matter that goes into a landfill. Topic: Recycle Description: Convert (waste) into reusable material. Topic: Compost Description: Decayed organic material used as a plant fertilizer. Topic: Metal Description: A solid material that is typically hard, shiny, malleable, fusible, and ductile, with good electrical and thermal conductivity (e.g., iron, gold, silver, copper, tin, steel, Topic: Food packaging Description: The enclosure of food products in a wrapped pouch, bag, box, tray, can, bottle, or any other packaging material with the functions of containment, protection, preservation, communication, utility, and performance. Topic: Food Description: Any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink or that plants absorb in order to maintain life and growth. Topic: Batteries Description: A container consisting of one or more cells, in which chemical energy is converted into electricity and used as a source of power. Topic: Paper Description: Material manufactured in thin sheets from the pulp of wood or other fibrous substances, used for writing, drawing, or printing on, or as wrapping material. Topic: Pet waste Description: Feces or feces contaminated material such as kitty litter or wood chips from any household pet but does not include animal carcasses or parts. Topic: Drop-off recycling center Description: A lawful collection site for the acceptance by donation, redemption, or purchase of recyclable materials from the public. Topic: Mold Description: A fungal growth that causes decay, due to age or damp conditions. Topic: Recycling Centers Definition: Generally the function of recycling centers is to collect, process, and remanufacture materials into new products. Topic: What goes into recycle Definition: Paper: office, newspaper, and magazine, Cardboard: paperboards and corrugated boxes, Plastic: bottles, jugs, and tubs, Glass: bottles and jars, Metal: aluminum, tin, and steel cans. Topic: What goes into compost Definition: Meat, fish, poultry, bones, dairy products (yogurt and cottage cheese, for example), vegetable and fruit trimmings, egg shells, bread, pasta, and coffee grounds, non-shiny food-soiled paper and cardboard like pizza boxes, paper coffee filters, napkins, paper towels, brown paper bags, and paper plates. Topic: What goes into trash Definition: Non-recyclable plastic: Plastic bags, toys, film and bubble wrap, plastic utensils, and straws. Polystyrene foam: Foam cups, food containers, and packaging. Household trash: Diapers, pet waste, broken ceramics, plates, and glasses. Topic: Cooking oil Definition: Fat of plant, animal or microbial origin, which is liquid at room temperature and is suitable for food use. Topic: Blade Definition: The flat cutting edge of a knife, saw, or other tool or weapon. Topic: Light bulb Definition: A device used to convert electricity into light, consisting of a source of illumination (e.g. an electric filament or one or more LEDs) enclosed within a transparent or translucent shell, typically having a rounded shape and designed to be fitted into a socket in a lamp. Topic: Incandescent and halogen light bulbs Definition: A type of incandescent lamp which uses a halogen gas in order to increase both light output and rated life Topic: Water Heater Definition: An apparatus usually for heating and storing hot water, which is an example of domestic waste. Topic: Needles Definition: A very fine slender piece of metal with a point at one end and a hole or eye for thread at the other, used in sewing or the pointed hollow end of a hypodermic syringe. Topic: Hypodermic syringe Definition: A needle used to inject a drug or other substance beneath the skin. Topic: Spray Paint Definition: Paint that is contained in an aerosol can for the purpose of spraying onto a surface. Topic: Lawn mower Definition: A machine for cutting the grass on a lawn. Topic: E-waste Definition: Also known as electronic waste, e-waste describes discarded electrical or electronic devices. Topic: Packaging materials Definition: Packaging materials refer to the various components employed in the process of packaging products, including the containers used for product distribution, the materials utilized for transportation, and the external packaging used during shipping. Packing materials include packing peanuts, polystyrene, and expanded polystyrene (EPS) blocks. Topic: Bleach Definition: Whiten by exposure to sunlight or by a chemical process; a chemical (typically a solution of sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide) used to whiten or sterilize materials. Topic: Community Definition: A group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common. Topic: Environment Definition: The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates. Topic: Economy Definition: The wealth and resources of a country or region, especially in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services. Topic: Inhalers Definition: A portable device for administering a drug which is to be breathed in, used for relieving asthma and other bronchial or nasal congestion. Topic: Insulin pens Definition: An insulin pen is an injection device that you can use to deliver preloaded insulin into your subcutaneous tissue. Topic: Propane tank Definition: A small reservoir where liquid propane is stored before it's converted into gas; a refillable or non-refillable metal container rated at a capacity of less than 46 kg (100 lb), which is used to contain liquefied petroleum gases used as fuel. Topic: Helium tank Definition: A metal container that stores helium, which is a chemical element that is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, non-toxic, inert, monatomic gas. Topic: Plastic Credit Card Definition: A thin rectangular card made of plastic that allows the cardholder to borrow money from a bank or financial services company to pay for goods and services. Topic: Metal Credit Card Definition: A thin rectangular card made of metal that allows the cardholder to borrow money from a bank or financial services company to pay for goods and services. Topic: Paint thinner Definition: A liquid that's mixed with paint to make it less thick, easier to spread, or to remove paint from brushes, rollers, and other surfaces. Paint thinner is a solvent that can dissolve paint, and it's often used with oil-based paints, which need to be diluted and cleaned with something other than water. Topic: Debit card Definition: A payment card that deducts money directly from your checking account, which is made with the same material as a credit card. Topic: Rag Definition: A piece of old cloth, especially one torn from a larger piece, used typically for cleaning things. Topic: PaintCare Definition: A nonprofit operating in Washington and other states. There are PaintCare drop-off locations throughout King County and Washington. You can recycle most paint at these locations if you are a Washington resident, business, or government agency. PaintCare accepts house paint and primers (latex or oil-based), stains, deck and concrete sealers, and clear finishes (e.g., varnishes, shellac) without charge. Topic: Latex paint Definition: A water-based paint that consists of synthetic polymers to create a durable, nontoxic film when the water evaporates. Topic: Take It Back Network Definition: The Take It Back Network consists of organizations that take in electronics for recycling. You can drop off computers, monitors, printers, TVs, cell phones and PDAs, fax machines, audio/video and camera equipment (including DVD and VCR players), household electronics, and rechargeable batteries at Take It Back organizations with a fee. The city of Seattle does not accept electronics that contain CRTs in commercial or residential garbage or at any transfer station (Seattle Public Utilities Solid Waste Director's Rule 2003-01). Topic: Poster Definition: A large printed paper picture used for decoration. Topic: Tires Definition: A continuous solid or pneumatic rubber covering encircling the wheel of a tractor or other farm machinery or of a vehicle. Topic: Fireworks Definition: A device containing gunpowder and other combustible chemicals that causes a spectacular explosion when ignited, used typically for display or in celebrations. Topic: Gel ice packs Definition: A portable bag filled with water, refrigerant gel, or liquid meant to provide cooling. Topic: Throw away Definition: The action of discarding something as useless or unwanted, or throwing something in the trash. Topic: Gasoline Definition: Refined petroleum used as fuel for internal combustion engines. Topic: Dispose Definition: Get rid of by throwing into the trash. Topic: Soft plastic Definition: Soft plastics include biscuit wrappers, plastic bags, garbage bags, chip packets, and salad mix packets (anything that acts as a bag around your food is soft plastic). It’s also the plastic dry cleaners use to cover your shirts, the clear plastic wrap that comes with any appliance purchase, and is used in some shape or form in most packaging for online shopping. Topic: Hard plastic Definition: Any plastic that cannot be easily dented, crushed, or pierced, for example, plastic bottles, piping for water and sewer, snowboards, boats, and folding chairs. Topic: Pet waste Definition: Feces from any household pet including, but not limited to, dogs, cats, and birds, and also includes all material that has come into direct contact with the feces and all material contaminated with the feces.